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V26123 A Humble but Happy Home down South in Dixie Land.

ca. 1900

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This stereograph card depicts a family in front of a log house. In front of the house stands a man behind a mule-pulled plow. Two small children sit on the mule. A third child stands slightly behind the mule holding a farm implement. In front of the mule is a fourth child holding a cat. On the other side of the mule, standing closer to the house is a woman in a long dress. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "Keystone View Company/ Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood, Inc. / Manufacturers Made in U.S.A. Publishers." On the right side margin is text that reads "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., / Chicago, Ill., London, England.

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Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.30

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